Time Management - Why You Need It!

One of the most overlooked skills in the business world is time management. Without this you will never be able to achieve your maximum level of success. Time management skills go a long way in ensuring that you get all of your work done on time and efficiently. There are a couple of tips that you can follow to make sure that your time management skills are the best they can be.

1. Keep an activity log in order to stay on track. If you keep a log of your daily activities, you will soon be able to find out where you are losing valuable time. After a couple of weeks of doing this, you may be able to see that you are taking an extra morning coffee break everyday, costing you over an hours worth of work time each week. This may not seem like a lot at the time, but over the course of the year you have cheated yourself out of 52 hours of work! Imagine what you could have accomplished, and how much money you could have made during that time period.

2. Set a schedule for yourself. This will help to ensure that you do not stray away from your work. If you know your tasks for the day you should block out time for each one on a calendar or in an organizer. This will help you keep track of what tasks you have already completed, and the tasks that you still need to get done.

3. Set personal goals with deadlines. Setting a goal that you will get an important project completed by a certain date will give you a great deal of confidence. Also, remember to reward yourself for reaching these goals. You worked hard to achieve them, and everybody deserves a reward every now and then.

4. Attend time management workshops. They can be very helpful if you are looking to improve your skills. Professionals in the field of time management conduct these workshops. You may also want to suggest to your company that your whole office or team attends the workshop. Chances are that you are not alone when it comes to needing to improve time management skills. Attending one of these seminars may be all you need to take your skills to the next level.

5. Purchase books or DVDs on time management. Over the past couple of years hundreds of books and DVDs have been made available to the public on how to improve time management skills. The best thing about purchasing these tools is that you can use them over and over again.

Praise and Recognition
Written by: Kent Jacobson a.k.a. Mr. Success |
Distributed: 2007-07-28 |
Word Count: 278 |
Page Views: 3016
| Votes: 7 |
Rating: 2.57
When was the last time you praised your child, told someone good
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much we stop and think about praise and recognition. If you are a
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regular basis stop and praise the efforts of those around you.

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Written by: Kent Jacobson a.k.a. Mr. Success |
Distributed: 2007-07-19 |
Word Count: 358 |
Page Views: 3407
| Votes: 9 |
Rating: 2.78
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Written by: Kent Jacobson a.k.a. Mr. Success |
Distributed: 2007-07-17 |
Word Count: 829 |
Page Views: 2742
| Votes: 9 |
Rating: 2.44
Running a business with members of your family is a desirable
prospect for a lot of people. I have found out Five (5) key tasks
you need to consider and plan on completing. These tasks must be
well on their way to completion before you get to a point of no
return in you endeavor because any shortfall may influence the
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Written by: Kent Jacobson a.k.a. Mr. Success |
Distributed: 2007-07-11 |
Word Count: 452 |
Page Views: 2979
| Votes: 10 |
Rating: 2.80
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Written by: Kent Jacobson a.k.a. Mr. Success |
Distributed: 2007-07-10 |
Word Count: 412 |
Page Views: 2901
| Votes: 6 |
Rating: 2.17
I have discovered a common attribute among successful people no
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Is Quality Really Free?
Written by: Kent Jacobson a.k.a. Mr. Success |
Distributed: 2007-07-03 |
Word Count: 355 |
Page Views: 3083
| Votes: 7 |
Rating: 2.43
We have all heard the phrase; 'Quality Is Free', but is that
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Dollarizing Your Time
Written by: Kent Jacobson a.k.a. Mr. Success |
Distributed: 2007-06-29 |
Word Count: 480 |
Page Views: 2648
| Votes: 7 |
Rating: 3.43
Everyday we all end up waiting . . . waiting . . . waiting . . .
so have you thought about what this wasted time is costing you in
personal and professional productivity? Better than that, how
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Word Count: 690 |
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